Just seen The Limey. At the end I had to offer a little prayer of thanks that someone, somewhere can still make a movie for people above the age of twelve.
I can enjoy films like The Sixth Sense and Enemy Of The State or The General's Daughter, but basically they're all kiddies' movies, whatever their superficial subject matter or quota of sex or violence.
With The Limey you feel you are in the company of adults, people who are tough, uncompromising, but very flawed. People you might actually meet. And people that ultimately you do care about.
The story is simplicity itself. There are no twists or surprises. The story plays itself out to the end. That ending could have been done differently, but why should it?
No, what you have got here is a group of film makers, in front of and behind the camera, with total confidence in the integrity of their story and the sure belief that the strength and believability of the characters is enough.
For me, the backwards and forward cutting was not a gimmick. The way the film was put together, draws you into the story and in fact helps the viewer understand the motivations and thought processes of the characters. in other words, just like in Point Blank, it's there for a reason.
And as for Stamp and Fonda. As my old man, God rest him, would have said, "A pair of diamonds!"
I can enjoy films like The Sixth Sense and Enemy Of The State or The General's Daughter, but basically they're all kiddies' movies, whatever their superficial subject matter or quota of sex or violence.
With The Limey you feel you are in the company of adults, people who are tough, uncompromising, but very flawed. People you might actually meet. And people that ultimately you do care about.
The story is simplicity itself. There are no twists or surprises. The story plays itself out to the end. That ending could have been done differently, but why should it?
No, what you have got here is a group of film makers, in front of and behind the camera, with total confidence in the integrity of their story and the sure belief that the strength and believability of the characters is enough.
For me, the backwards and forward cutting was not a gimmick. The way the film was put together, draws you into the story and in fact helps the viewer understand the motivations and thought processes of the characters. in other words, just like in Point Blank, it's there for a reason.
And as for Stamp and Fonda. As my old man, God rest him, would have said, "A pair of diamonds!"